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Instructions: When printing, set “Page Scaling” to “None” in Adobe Acrobat. Carefully cut around the outside of the circle. The round star map fits inside the holder after the flaps are folded back. Copyright 2008 by RASC. Non-commercial reproduction for personal and educational use is permitted.

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There is also a professionally printed, cutout and creased version of this device.

I f t h i s i s p r i n t e d o n n o r m a l p a p e r, i t b e c o m e s v e r y f l o p p y t o u s e . P a s t e i t o n t o t h i c k e r p a p e r, o r t o p r i n t i t o n 8 ½ b y 11 i n c h c a r d s t o c k .

Do not cut along dashed lines. These are used as guides to fold the tabs.

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The Star Finder is designed for latitude 45˚. If you live much further north, the patterns in the sky a r e s i m i l a r, b u t fewer southern stars are visible.

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A Project of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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